There is simply no distribution from the midfield anymore. Gerrard is at his best when he is playing a more CF role. With Benayoun, Lucas and Kuyt, it just doesn't work. Don't know why we signed Aquilani. So upset, let's hope we can pull off some magic.

meh.....Liverpool will still finish top 4 for sure imo. Even the game vs Villa you can argue that they should have at the very least taken a point. Lucas' OG was horrific, Gerrard never makes such dumb mistakes as that penalty, and corners sometimes get finished. 2 of those goals don't happen with players of Pool's quality with regularity, just so happens they did twice vs Villa. While it certainly isnt good, I think Pool will be fine. They still bossed Villa for much of the game and missed nearly all of their chances. Those chances will go in eventually and the stupid mistakes wont kill them in future games. Again, 2 of the goals allowed were pretty fluke imo. As lost as Lucas has looked, nobody scores OG like that with any sort of regularity and Gerrard certainly doesnt concede critical late penalties.

Looks like Robben is on his way to Bayern. Perez sure is screwing things up. Who is gonna play down the left flank? Who will cover for Kaka or Xabi? Not to mention Van der Vaart is on his way out most likely too. Reports are we reached a deal for Ribery for next summer, but don't see how that helps us now.